Pete's Picks

There are rumours of a fourth novel hidden on a laptop somewhere.

I'm an avid skier and mourn the end of the ski season each spring. But even for me, today's blizzard is overkill. Enough already!  The Library is quieter today than it has been of late, so perhaps patrons have stayed home to wait out the snow. Curling up at home with a good book seems a sensible response to insensible weather.

The shortlist for the 2010 Orange Prize for Fiction is out. This is the women-only prize, awarded to a book published in English in the UK.

Happy Saint David's Day! Or in Welsh, "Dydd Gwŷl Dewi Sant Hapus!" The Irish say "Kiss me, I'm Irish" for St. Patrick's Day. I'm not sure what the Welsh say. But you can raise a toast, perhaps of the fine single malt Welsh whisky, Penderyn (available in Edmonton at Chateau Louis Liquor Store), saying "cheers" in Welsh, "Iechyd da".

It isn't cool to admit, I know, but I love lists. And as this is the last day of the decade there are lots of lists out there to enjoy. Of course, some grumble that the decade doesn't end until next year (remember the same argument in 1999?).